“Every Messiah fails, writes Litvak, the moment he tries to redeem himself”

— Michael Chabon , book The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Source: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007), Chapter 38
Source: The Yiddish Policemen's Union

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